DOVER —The first snowfall is likely to take place beginning Wednesday evening to last through the evening on Thursday, but this Northeaster is not expected to bring a lot of accumulation to the area.

According to Tom Hawley, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, the Seacoast area can expect to see about one to two inches of snow over the course of what he loosely called a storm.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for Maine and New Hampshire coasts by the National Weather Service.

Points further north and inland in the Granite State such as Rochester and Concord will see a bit more snow, he said, but not much.

He expects the snow to begin after dark this evening and said it will cause a potentially slick morning commute, but only because drivers will be experiencing their first snow of the season.

Hawley said by tomorrow evening, precipitation may turn to rain, but in either case, will remain light.As thousands have had power restored over the last week following outages from Hurricane Sandy, wind is again a concern, Hawley said, with this storm bringing 30 mph to 40 mph wind gusts.